The disclosed system and method enhances security of people, organizations, and other entities that use what has been termed “social media.” Recent trends have shown that information posted to social media may cause tremendous damage to individuals and other entities. This includes information that was posted deliberately or unintentionally, including social security numbers, financial data and other sensitive information. Further, information that previously may have been viewed as innocuous, such as location data, has caused harm on certain occasions and may need to be protected. The disclosed system provides a novel method of screening, identifying, and preventing certain information from being posted on social media and other public locations. In addition, the disclosed system and method improves security by motivating people to use security software by offering rewards for its use.
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2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the filtering criteria comprises an identification associated with the additional user.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more rules are further based at least on reports associated with similar social media data from the additional user.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions comprise rejecting the request to post the social media data on the social media platform.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the social media data comprises offending materials.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least the portion of the social media data comprises text associated with the one or more actions.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least the portion of the social media data comprises a visual element associated with the one or more actions.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the action comprises at least partially obscuring the information on the social media site.
10. The system of claim 8, wherein the action comprises presenting a warning to users of the social media site regarding the information published.
12. The system of claim 10, wherein the warning is associated with an accuracy of the information.
13. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more pre-configured rules are associated with an identity of a requesting entity.
14. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more pre-configured rules are associated with intended audience of the information.
16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the filtering criteria comprises at least one of an identification associated with the additional user and intended audience of the social media data.
17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the one or more rules are further based at least on reports indicating inaccuracy of the social media data from the additional user.
18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the one or more actions comprise at least partially obscuring the information on the social media site.
19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18, wherein the one or more rules are further based at least on reports indicating presence of offending materials in the social media data from the additional user.
20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the at least the portion of the social media data comprises at least one of a text and an image associated with the one or more actions.
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